Rubber wedge pad for washboards



Sept. 22, 1925. z

E. F. STRATTON ET L.

RUBBER WEDGE PAD FOR wAsHBoAnns Filed Feb. 9, 1925 Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT GP-FICE EDWARD ESTRATION AND HENRY E. DERBY SHIRE, OF n PHILADELPHIA, .rnNNsYL- yvANIA, AssrGNORs 'TOsANITAnY COMPANY or AMERICA, on :pHrLAnELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE. f

lUBBLEB' WEDGE .PAD EOE WASlIlBOARDS.

Application :tiled February 9, 1925. Serial No. 8,012.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, EDWARD F. STRATTON and HENRY E. DERBYSHIRE, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in

the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber l/Vedge Pads for Washboards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a rubber wedge pad for washboards, and the object of the invention is the construction of a device, applied to a washboard, which will prevent the washboard from being drawn outwardly or upwardly against the user, to the injury of the user during the process of rubbing or washing clothes.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a simple and efficient pad that can quickly be attached to a washboard, and which pad will efliciently prevent the washboard from slipping or striking the operator as the same is in use.

lith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain novel combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washboard showing our devices attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of preferably a metal tub or container, showing a washboard with our devices affixed thereto in the same.

Figure 4i is a sectional view of a porcelain or other vitreous china laundry tub, showing therein a washboard with our devices aflixed thereto.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, l designates preferably a metal washtub and 2 a porcelain washtub, in each of which is mounted a washboard 3.

-We fasten two of our devices to each Washboard, and While the devices may vary slightly in thickness or shape, as when needed to fit different shape tubs, depending upon the nature of the material from which the tub or tubs are constructed, still the same general structure is involved in each instance, and it will, therefore, only be necessary to specifically describe one of the devices.

The device is preferably formed from rubber, and comprises a substantially wedgeshaped body 4, having an outer face 5 and an inner face 6. In the body, sockets 7 are provided, these sockets being formed at the upper and lower ends of the body for receiving screws or nails or other suitable fastening means, whereby the device is permanently secured to the back of the washboard l, as clearly shown in Figure l. Formed in the outer face 5 of the body are a plurality of suction recesses or pockets 8, and these pockets are provided for creating a suction when the washboard is in use, as shownl in Figures 3 and 4, since the outer faces of the devices will be pressed tightly against the washtub during the Operation Of scrubbing or rubbing the clothes, whereby the washboard is held tightly in place, removing the possibility of the board being pulled or otherwise forced against the body of the user to his or her injury.

These rubber wedge pads have been found to be very efficient in operation, and are comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, hence making them an exceedingly desirable article of manufacture, because they fill a long needed want, both as to minimum cost and efficient results.

While we have described the preferred embodiment of our invention, and have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, during the extensive manufacture of the same, and we, therefore, reserve the right to make such alterations or changes as shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

l. A device of the class described, comprising a rubber wedge-shaped body, said bodyl provided in its outer face with a pluralty of suction recesses, and said body pro.

vided in its outer face With means for receiving fastening means for securing the body to a Washboard.

2. A rubber Wedge pad `forWashb'oards to be fastened directly to the back of a Washboard,v .omprisng ya rubberA Wedge Ishape body having ,an innervsmooth broad Yface andan outer broad face,- said body having in said outer face a plurality of suction recesses, and said body also having in said 10 outer face and near its ends nail orl screw recesses.

In testimony whereof We hereunto ax our signatures.

EEDVVARDLF.. STRATTON.

E. ADERBYSV'I-II;RE. 

